Chantelle Marshall

“But you know you don’t have to mirror that attitude, right? I mean, wouldn’t it be better to be your own dazzling portrait rather than someone else’s reflection,”
― Victoria Laurie, A Grave Prediction

“while Mom hooked her arm through his. People needed to stop doing that. It was like a barrel of monkeys epidemic in this place, all the couples connected at the elbow. Seriously.”
― Patti Larsen, Chocolate Hearts and Murder

“Here, indeed, was a formidable sentence—one that was on intimate terms with the comma, and that held the period in healthy disregard.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow

“Stories are just like people. If you don’t approach them with an open mind and a healthy dose of respect, they won’t reveal their hidden selves to you. In that event, you’ll miss out on what they have to offer. You’ll walk through life an empty husk instead of a vibrant kaleidoscope of passion, wisdom, and experience.”
― Ellery Adams, The Secret, Book & Scone Society